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A Trip To The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Canoe-Camping In The North Woods of Minnesota
While paddling close to shore in the Boundary Waters one evening, looking for wildlife as the setting sun created artwork on the surface of the still lake, my husband commented with a smile, "If it weren't for the mosquitoes, the biting flies, the gnat swarms and the leaches, this place would be overrun with people." Actually, it wouldn't. That's what the permit system is for -- to limit the number of people in northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, so sol...
Canoe-Camping In The North Woods of Minnesota
While paddling close to shore in the Boundary Waters one evening, looking for wildlife as the setting sun created artwork on the surface of the still lake, my husband commented with a smile, "If it weren't for the mosquitoes, the biting flies, the gnat swarms and the leaches, this place would be overrun with people." Actually, it wouldn't. That's what the permit system is for -- to limit the number of people in northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, so sol...
Rendezvous Days At Minnesota's Grand Portage National Monument
Traveling Back In Time in the North Country
Each year on the first full weekend of August, National Park Service staff and hundreds of volunteers re-create a fun and very authentic Voyageur Rendezvous at the historic North West Company fur trade depot at Minnesota's Grand Portage National Monument. The reenactment includes demonstrations and workshops by in-character craftsmen and women in the arts of blacksmithing, shoe-making, tinsmithing, basket-making and more, story-telling for the young and young-at-heart, waltz classes, tour...
Traveling Back In Time in the North Country
Each year on the first full weekend of August, National Park Service staff and hundreds of volunteers re-create a fun and very authentic Voyageur Rendezvous at the historic North West Company fur trade depot at Minnesota's Grand Portage National Monument. The reenactment includes demonstrations and workshops by in-character craftsmen and women in the arts of blacksmithing, shoe-making, tinsmithing, basket-making and more, story-telling for the young and young-at-heart, waltz classes, tour...
The Soudan Underground Mine Tour In Northern Minnesota
Travel A Half-Mile Below The Earth's Surface in Soudan Mine
As my husband and I were driving along quiet Highway 169 on our way from the North Shore of Lake Superior to the town of Ely, Minnesota, we passed a sign that read "Underground Mine Tour." Minutes later, we turned around at the town of Tower and went two miles back to Soudan Underground Mine State Park. I recalled reading about the Soudan Mine in the Minnesota State Parks Guide and the fact that you go half a mile beneath the surface on the tour. Hey, that sounded neat, we figured and spont...
Travel A Half-Mile Below The Earth's Surface in Soudan Mine
As my husband and I were driving along quiet Highway 169 on our way from the North Shore of Lake Superior to the town of Ely, Minnesota, we passed a sign that read "Underground Mine Tour." Minutes later, we turned around at the town of Tower and went two miles back to Soudan Underground Mine State Park. I recalled reading about the Soudan Mine in the Minnesota State Parks Guide and the fact that you go half a mile beneath the surface on the tour. Hey, that sounded neat, we figured and spont...
Northern Minnesota: Explore The Iron Range and the Arrowhead with Your Kids
Explore the Area with Your Family!
This is a lens to help you explore northern Minnesota, specifically the areas of the Iron Range and the Arrowhead. These are all things I have done with my two kids on my own, or with my husband, kids, and sometimes even the dogs! All family-friendly, inexpensive (or free!) and fun. As a part-time resident of the area for many years, I will point you to little known points of interest and fun things to do in the area. I know the Iron Range best, but many of my day trips with my family include...
Explore the Area with Your Family!
This is a lens to help you explore northern Minnesota, specifically the areas of the Iron Range and the Arrowhead. These are all things I have done with my two kids on my own, or with my husband, kids, and sometimes even the dogs! All family-friendly, inexpensive (or free!) and fun. As a part-time resident of the area for many years, I will point you to little known points of interest and fun things to do in the area. I know the Iron Range best, but many of my day trips with my family include...
Alexandria, MN
Alexandria, MN - The Birthplace of America
30,000 years ago a glacier stopped in the west central area of Minnesota and deposited a massive amount of ice that was thousands of feet thick and embedded with tons of rock material. When it melted the water that was buried in the debris formed thousands of lakes in the land that is known as Minnesota. Hence, Minnesota is famous as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The city of Alexandria is located in this wide, low ridge with it's hills and lakes. Alexandria is in Douglas County and there ar...
Alexandria, MN - The Birthplace of America
30,000 years ago a glacier stopped in the west central area of Minnesota and deposited a massive amount of ice that was thousands of feet thick and embedded with tons of rock material. When it melted the water that was buried in the debris formed thousands of lakes in the land that is known as Minnesota. Hence, Minnesota is famous as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The city of Alexandria is located in this wide, low ridge with it's hills and lakes. Alexandria is in Douglas County and there ar...
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